The History of Medicine Museum at the University of Zurich holds various artefacts which relate to the history of leprosy including: the old seal of the Linsenbuhl Hospital for ‘incurable’ leprosy patients, St Galen, 16th Century; an alms box (21.4cm x 16.5cm x 5.5cm) from the Bamberg Leper House with figures of St Anthony, St Lawrence and St Nicholas; a beggar’s wooden plate and warning bell and rattle; wax moulages of ‘rheumatic’ leprosy of the hand and an advanced case of leprosy on a child’s foot, artwork by Elizabeth Stoiber, India, 1963/64; a stained glass window depicting St Martin of Tours giving half his cloak to a leprosy patient which was commissioned by Canton Schwyz for the church in Maschwanden 1506 AD. The full extent of the museum’s resources are listed at the web address given.
Entry made 2 April 2001